Bill Text: WV SB52 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Supplementary appropriation of public moneys to DHHR, Center for End of Life

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - To Finance [SB52 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB52-Introduced.html

WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 52

By Senator Stollings

[Introduced January 8, 2020; referred
to the Committee on Finance
]

A BILL making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the Excess Lottery Fund, to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health – Central Office, fund 0407, fiscal year 2020, organization 0506, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

Whereas, The state budget that became law for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, severely underfunded the Center for End of Life; and

Whereas, Without additional funding the Center for End of Life will run out of funds to operate by the end of February, 2020; and

Whereas, The Center for End of Life has been a leader at the forefront of ensuring that patients receive end-of-life care consistent with their wishes; and

Whereas, The Center for End of Life developed one of the first e-Directive Registries in the nation to house forms and give emergency personnel around the state immediate access to patient treatment wishes during a medical crisis; and

Whereas, Many patients prefer to have out-of-hospital deaths and referrals to hospice, which saves the state in medical costs when those patients declare such a directive; and

Whereas, The Center for End of Life has been instrumental in reducing the cost of healthcare to the state; and

Whereas, The state should continue to fund the Center for End of Life in order to allow it to continue to innovate, conduct research, and play a major role at the national level in advancing best practices to ensure superior end of life care; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia


Title II – Appropriations.

Section 5. Appropriations from state Excess Lottery Revenue Fund.

 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

311A – Division of Health

Central Office

(WV Code Chapter 16)

Fund 0407 FY 2018 Org 0506

                                                                                                                                               General

                                                                                                            Appro-                             Revenue

                                                                                                           priation                         Fund

 

1     Center for End of Life – Surplus (R)............................................ 54500          $             150,000

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide funding for the Center for End of Life after the FY2020 budget bill severely underfunded the program.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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